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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.136
আগ্রহ করিয়া পণ্ডিত করাইলা ভোজন ।
আর দিন হৈতে ভোজন হৈল দশগুণ ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
āgraha kariyā paṇḍita karāilā bhojana
āra dina haite bhojana haila daśa-guṇa
Jagadānanda Paṇḍita eagerly forced the Lord to eat so much that He ate ten times more than on other days.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Jagadānanda Paṇḍita was eager to feed the Lord.
He pressed the Lord to eat far more than usual.
The Lord ate ten times more than He did on other days.
Loving anger and reconciliation. Jagadānanda’s hurt over rejected oil is healed through personal service and prasāda.
The mood of Antya 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Lord, however, would not accept the oil, and because of His refusal, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita broke the pot in front of Him and began to fast. The Lord tried to pacify him and asked Jagadānanda Paṇḍita to cook for Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Jagadānanda Paṇḍita’s eagerness help me notice about my own willingness to serve?
Give attentive effort to one small service today rather than doing it mechanically.
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